Anything and Everything

Welcome to our first "Smart Sayings Saturday." This is meant to be a day where I share quotes that have changed my life for the better.  I can't think of a better way to start things off than with today's message.

"How you do anything is how you do everything."
-T. Harv Eker

This is my one of my all time FAVORITE quotes.  It's been 8 years since I attended "The Millionaire Mind Intensive," presented by the one and only T. Harv Eker and heard him give this quote in regards to becoming a millionaire.  This quote changed my life by changing the way that I looked at everything.  When I took a moment to fully absorb the meaning of these words a lightbulb was eternally lit within me.  How you handle, manage and approach any situation, challenge or experience in your life is how you most likely handle all of them.

For example, think about the way that you approach relationships, perform at work or react to a challenge.  You will start to see patterns of behavior and characteristics in all aspects of your life.  You will see similarities in the way that you behave, react, or get through everything.  If you are like Shirley Temple and always smile when you meet new people then you will be most likely to smile in the face of a challenge (can you tell what movies I've been checking out at the local library, wink wink).  If you are always trying to do that "one more thing" before you leave home and find yourself constantly late for appointments you can probably see that you are always trying to cram just "one more thing" into other aspects of your life too. How many things are you missing out on (or showing up late to) because you crammed that one more thing, etc.? Conflicts at work can be seen in conflicts at home, or within your mind (conflicting thoughts, aka indecisiveness).  If you are a hoarder with your stuff then you probably hang on to your relationships, work assignments, thoughts (grudges) and money (or dwell on the lack of money).

So, when you find that you are struggling with something in your life look at other areas to see how it is showing up there.  Sometimes the key will lie in fixing the struggle in a minor area.